Lynn Savarese American, b. 1965

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For Lynn Savarese, the greatest joy of photography is the experience of intimate observation of elements from the natural world. Originally from a small town in Texas, she lived and traveled throughout the world before making New York City her home in the early ‘80s following her graduation from Harvard Law School. Her work having appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide, she has also received prestigious international recognition, including being named a Finalist in the Magnum Photography Awards 2016 international competition and named a Finalist in the 11th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers in each of five categories--Nature, Landscape, Children, and Open Theme.

Water is one of Savarese's favorite subjects to photograph, and to capture it, she has traveled far and wide--from the Hamptons, the Adirondacks, and Martha's Vineyard, to Iceland, Australia, the Caribbean, Patagonia, Europe, and Japan. Special recognition for her water images includes winning the Director's Award in PhotoPlace Gallery's Water 2019 Exhibition juried by Elizabeth Avedon and the Visitor's Award and Honorable Mention in the A. Smith Gallery's 2015 Water Exhibition.

Savarese's work appears in numerous private collections as well as public spaces, including The Nature Conservancy's New York office and the Auburn Theological Seminary.

Savarese also frequently works with not-for-profit organizations to help further their missions through strategic photography projects, and accepts commissions for commercial projects from time to time.

  • 2024 Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY: Ode to Water and Trees
  • 2020 Galerie l'Atelier, NYC: Poolside
  • 2020 Pick of the Week Artist, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
  • 2019 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Splash
  • 2019 Market Art + Design Show, Large Solo Booth, Bridgehampton, New York
  • 2019 Architectural Digest Design Show, Large Solo Booth, NYC
  • 2019 Art on Paper Show, Large Solo Booth, NYC
  • 2018 Pop-Up exhibition, Theory, East Hampton, New York
  • 2018 Market Art + Design Show, Large Solo Booth, Bridgehampton, New York
  • 2018 Art on Paper Show, Large Solo Booth, NYC: Water in Three Acts
  • 2017 Market Art + Design Show, Large Solo Booth, Bridgehampton, New York
  • 2017 Architectural Digest Design Show, Large Solo Booth, NYC: Water Works
  • 2016 Athena Film Festival, NYC: The New Abolitionists
  • 2015 Gallery 18, Riverdale, New York: Water Paints and My Still Life Aviary
  • 2015 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA: New York’s New Abolitionists
  • 2015 Cipriani, NYC: New York’s New Abolitionists
  • 2015 Photoville, Brooklyn, New York: New York’s New Abolitionists
  • 2014 The Paley Center for Media, NYC:  New York's New Abolitionist
  • 2014 The Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC:  My Still Life Aviary
  • 2013 The International Center of Photography, NYC:  New York's New Abolitionists

Group Exhibitions

  • 2025 FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain: 22th Julia Margaret Cameron Exhibition
  • 2024 FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain: 8th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography
  • 2024 White Room Gallery, East Hampton, New York: Love is the Drug
  • 2024 White Room Gallery, East Hampton, New York: Naughty or Nice
  • 2023 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Sparks
  • 2022 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: All In
  • 2022 FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain: 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Exhibition
  • 2021 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: State of Art
  • 2021 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT: Essential Water
  • 2021 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX: water
  • 2021 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY: Oh Pool Boy!
  • 2021 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Wild Life
  • 2021 SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina: Fauna
  • 2020 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Winter Blues
  • 2020 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York:Change of Focus
  • 2019 Scope Art Fair, Miami, Florida
  • 2019 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Madmix
  • 2019 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Black and White
  • 2019 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York: Splash
  • 2018 Rafael Gallery, NYC, curated by MM Fine Art:: Summer Selection
  • 2018 Affordable Art Fair, NYC
  • 2017 The Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC: H2O
  • 2017 Cube: The American Art Fair of Brussels
  • 2017 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA: HLS in the Arts: A Bicentennial Festival
  • 2017 Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria: Plumigeri
  • 2017 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Ostre Gasvaerk Teater, Copenhagen, Denmark 
  • 2017 Foto Leggendo, Rome, Italy
  • 2017 Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • 2017 Vienna Photo Book Festival, Vienna, Austria
  • 2017 StreetFoto, San Francisco, CA
  • 2017 Krakow Photomonth Festival, Krakow, Poland
  • 2017 PhotOn Festival, Valencia, Spain
  • 2017 Art Photo Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2017 Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia
  • 2017 FestFoto Brazil, Porto Algere, Brazil
  • 2017 Los Angeles Festival of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2017 Odessa/Batumi Photo Days Festival, Ukraine
  • 2017 FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, England
  • 2017 Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Photography Takes Over
  • 2017 SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC: Masks
  • 2016 SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC: Portals
  • 2016 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT: Flight
  • 2016 SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC: Water
  • 2015-2016 International Center of Photography, NYC, Collective Works/Selections from the Master's Seminar: Iguazu Falls
  • 2016 The Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC:  Echoes of Greece
  • 2015 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas: Abstractions
  • 2015 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas: Still
  • 2015 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas: Family
  • 2015 A. Smith Gallery: Iconography
  • 2015 St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, Louisiana: Annual Show
  • 2015 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas: Water
  • 2015 Professional Women Photographers, NYC:  Whims of Weather
  • 2015 The Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC:  Off the Grid
  • 2015 Metro Show 2015, NYC:  Off the Grid
  • 2015 Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York:  Photography Takes Over 2015
  • 2014 The MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey:  Tales, Processes, and Moments, Collective Works from an ICP Master's Seminar

Awards

  • 2024 Winner in Professional Series "Abstract" Category, 22th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2024
  • 2024 Winner in Professional Series "Nature" Category, 22th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2024
  • Honorable Mention in Professional Series "Nature" Category, 22th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2024
  • 2023 Selected as one of 40 women photographers in the SxSE Gallery's "40 over 40" competition and exhibition, with Elizabeth Avedon serving as juror and curator
  • Honorable Mention in 2022 Minimalist Photography Awards, with print selected from submissions from more than 3,400 photographers from 43 different countries
  • Honorable Mention in Open Theme category, 17th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2021
  • Director's Award, PhotoPlace Gallery’s "Water 2019" exhibition, juried by Elizabeth Avedon
  • Finalist in each of five categories--Children, Landscape, Nature, Open Theme, and People--and Honorable Mention in Self-Portrait category,  11th Edition of the Julia Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2018
  • Finalist, Magnum Photography Awards 2016 international competition
  • Selected by jury vote to be included on THE ARCHIVE, a web gallery at ai-ap.cpm, as part of The Latin American Fotografia 4 Winning Collection, an honor extended to 37 photographs out of hundreds of submissions.
  • Visitors’ Award and Honorable Mention, 2015 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas: Water

Institutional Collectors

  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Auburn Theological Seminary

Selected Bibliography